Originally Posted by Trsnrtr

I'm with you on the gravel bike thing. First off, we don't have a lot of gravel roads in my area and the ones that we do have are really poor. Even on a gravel-specific equipped bike, they're fairly dangerous for my fragile, bone-breakable body.

But, the best argument(s) that I've heard for gravel in my area is there is virtually no traffic and the scenery is great.

Also, you left out disc brakes in your post. A guy on my club ride asked me yesterday when I was going to retire my 5 year old CF bike. When I asked why I would do that, he said that I was still running obsolete brakes.